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Compare players, 1985-86 season

At a glance

John Vanbiesbrouck Richard Brodeur

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerJohn Vanbiesbrouck: Save %, 0.887, 76th percentileJohn Vanbiesbrouck: Goals against, 3.02 a game, 85th percentileJohn Vanbiesbrouck: Workload, 26.6 shots a game, 37th percentileJohn Vanbiesbrouck: Games, 61 games, 96th percentileRichard Brodeur: Save %, 0.861, 28th percentileRichard Brodeur: Goals against, 3.75 a game, 35th percentileRichard Brodeur: Workload, 26.9 shots a game, 46th percentileRichard Brodeur: Games, 64 games, 98th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 46 goalies who played at least a quarter as many games as the busiest. The gap between two players on a spoke is the real gap between their numbers. The dashed shape is the typical player. Hover over a dot for the number.

The numbers

John Vanbiesbrouck G, NJD 1985-86 Richard Brodeur G, HFD
61 Games played 64
31 Wins 19
21 Losses 32
3 Shutouts 2
1,623 Shots against 1,721
1,439 Saves 1,481
184 Goals against 240
0.887 Save % 0.861
3.33 Goals against average 4.08

The better value in each stat is highlighted. Stats where more is not clearly better, such as games played, are not judged. Bars show each value against the larger of the two.